Organization location estimated losses

The Carl and Ruth Shapiro Boston $145 M In 2006, this $324 million foundation gave away $12.9 million; of that, more than $1 million went to Jewish causes Family Foundation — including Boston’s Combined Jewish Philanthropies, the Anti-Defamation League and the Jewish Home for the Aged in Palm Beach. Brandeis University received some $3 million in support.

Yeshiva University $110 M At Modern Orthodoxy’s flagship university and seminary, Madoff was the board’s treasurer. He also chaired the business school and funded a presidential fellowship. On December 12, he severed all ties with the university.

Hadassah: The Women’s New York $90 M The 96-year-old organization, with assets in the high hundreds of millions of dollars, supports the Hadassah Med- Zionist Organization of ical Organization in Jerusalem and backs health-care initiatives, Zionist education and at-risk youth enrichment America programs in Israel and the United States.

American Society for New York $72 m The Technion’s American fundraising arm lost its $29 million investment, plus $43 million in supposed Technion – Israel Institute gains that it reinvested with Madoff, according to a spokesman. Before Madoff’s collapse, the organization’s of Technology endowment had been $274 million.

Mortimer B. Zuckerman New York $30 M With money from his $300 million charitable trust, real estate and media mogul Zuckerman, past chairman of the Charitable Remainder Trust Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, has pledged $100 million to Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

Charles I. and Mary Kaplan Rockville, Md. $29.2 M In 2006, the Jewish-oriented family foundation gave $655,000 to the JCC Association of North America and was Foundation a major donor to the JCC of Greater Washington and to the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington.

Madoff Family Foundation New York $19.1 M In years past, the charitable vehicle of the Madoff family has donated money to such Jewish charities as the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation and the Solomon Schechter School of .

The Jewish Community Los Angeles $18 M The foundation manages the endowments of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles and Jewish Family Ser- Foundation of Los Angeles vice of Los Angeles, among other local Jewish social services providers. Madoff-related losses represent about 5% of the foundation’s assets; the federation is said to have lost $6.4 million, or 11% of its endowment funds.

The Elie Wiesel Foundation New York $15.2 M The foundation runs enrichment centers for Ethiopian-Jewish youth in Israel, funds programs that promote cross- for Humanity cultural dialogue and awards an annual ethics prize. “Substantially all” of the foundation’s assets are lost accord- ing to its Web site.

Lautenberg Foundation Cliffside Park, N.J. $12.8 M Bloomberg News reports that all but $1 million of the funds in Senator Frank Lautenberg’s charita- ble foundation were invested with Madoff. In 2006, Lautenberg gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to Jewish causes — including a total of $357,000 to United Jewish Communities of MetroWest NJ, tax returns show.

United Jewish Endowment Rockville, Md. $10 M The fund supports Jewish institutions and services, and general social services, in and around the nation’s cap- Fund of the Jewish ital. The losses represent less than 10% of the fund’s investment portfolio, according to a press release from the Federation of Greater organization. Washington Robert I. Lappin Family Boston $8 M The 16-year-old charity funded teen trips to Israel, enrichment programs for Jewish educators, and interfaith out- Foundation reach initiatives. The foundation shuttered on December 12.

The Ramaz School New York $6 M At the Modern Orthodox day school affiliated with Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, Madoff-related losses have impacted the endowment, but they will not affect its faculty and staff pension program, school officials said.

Technion – Israel Institute Haifa, Israel $6 m The prestigious 84-year-old institution trains a large portion of Israel’s scientists, engineers, and high-tech indus- of Technology try professionals.

North Shore-Long Island Various Long Island $5.7 M The system provides health care services in hospitals and clinics, and offers home-based care. Madoff donated a Jewish Health System and locations total of $216,000 to the organization during the past 36 years, but had no formal affiliation with the institution.

Mitzi & Warren Eisenberg Union, N.J. $5.1 M This $100 million-plus family foundation gives to educational and health care institutions, and to scores of Jew- Family Foundation ish and Israel charities. In 2006, it donated $950,000 to the Jewish Federation of Central New Jersey.

L Bravmann Foundation Riverdale, N.Y. $5 M In 2006, the $20 million charitable foundation gave more than $1 million to the donor-advised Jewish Commu- nal Fund, and smaller sums to other Jewish organizations.

Jewish Funds for Justice New York, $3.9 M The social justice organization funds congregation-based community organizing initiatives and other programs. Philadelphia, Jewish Funds lost a portion of one its 54 donor-advised funds, a spokeswoman said. Baltimore Boston $3–5 M At the Modern Orthodox day school, founded in 1937 by Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik, losses represent an estimat- ed 60% of a bequest that helps pay for operating costs.

Arthur and Sydelle F. Meyer West Palm Beach, $3.7 M The charity gives to a wide range of cultural and educational causes and Jewish and Israeli institutions. The Mey- Charitable Foundation Fla. er family reportedly lost additional funds that were in a charitable trust. The foundation will close, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy.

Congregation Kehilath New York $3.5 M Bloomberg is reporting that the Modern Orthodox , affiliated with the Ramaz School, Jeshurun has funds tied to Madoff.

Yad Sarah Jerusalem $1.5 M The organization provides health care and welfare services for disabled and elderly individuals.

SAR Riverdale, N.Y. $1.3 M The Modern Orthodox has lost about one-third of its $3.7 million endowment.

American Jewish Congress New York Undis- This policy organization that supports upgrading Israel’s role in NATO and advocates on behalf of religious free- closed dom stateside sustained significant losses. A trust fund left to the organization by Lillian and Martin Steinberg was managed by Madoff, as was a second part of the American Jewish Congress’s endowment fund.

philip and muriel berman Allentown, Pa. Undis- The Berman Foundation, which reported $42 million in assets on its 2006 tax return, sustained Madoff-related loss- foundation closed es, according to the Allentown Morning Call. Last year, the foundation gave a total of $318,000 to a wide range of Jewish and arts organizations; donations included $50,000 to Hadassah, and smaller five-figure gifts to American Friends of Hebrew University, United Jewish Communities and the World Union for Progressive .

Chais Family Foundation Encino, Calif. Undis- In 2006, the foundation distributed $8.1 million to mostly Jewish causes — including $1.4 million to the Amer- closed ican Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science, and $200,000 to Hillel for campus centers in Israel and the Former Soviet Union.

The Betty and Norman F. Levy New York Undis- A portion of its $244 million in assets was invested with Madoff. Among the Foundation’s contributions last year Foundation closed were a $100,00 to the vehicle Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation, $100,000 to the UJA-Federation New York, and nearly $30 million to the JEHT Foundation — a criminal justice reform organization that is expected to close in the wake of Madoff’s collapse.

Picower Foundation Palm Beach, Fla. Undis- The 19-year-old Foundation, which had nearly $1 billion in assets, will shutter amid Madoff woes. According closed to its 2007 tax return, the Foundation last year gave away $23 million — including $225,000 to the Limmud NY conference of Jewish learning; $185,000 to the Jewish Outreach Institute; $109,278 to the Foundation for Jewish Camping, and $100,000 to a program that aids children and families living in Sderot, Israel. Medical research cen- ters, after-school programs, and human rights organizations were also beneficiaries.

Wunderkinder Foundation Los Angeles Undis- Tax returns from 2007 show that director Steven Spielberg’s charitable organization gave a total of $8.6 million to hos- closed pitals, universities, , the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and other institutions and organizations. Yeshaya Horowitz Israel Undis- The Association has closed as a result of its Madoff-related losses, according to Haaretz; the Israeli newspaper Association closed reported that the organization has given away $100–$200 million to a variety of institutions in the Jewish state — including $3 million last year to Bar-Ilan University. Hebrew University and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and Sheba Medical Center were also reportedly beneficiaries of the 20-year-old organization.

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